Linking Data Today for a Better Tomorrow

Thursday, November 10, 2022

The PHRN’s coordinated, national data linkage infrastructure, built over the last 13 years, is a strong foundation on which to build the innovative linked data infrastructure of the future. We need linked data to tackle some of Australia’s greatest challenges and deliver economic benefits.

PHRN expertly links sensitive data and makes it available to researchers in ways that minimise privacy risks and meet legal and ethical requirements. We operate on the principle that researchers need access to the right data, in the right format, at the right time to realise the benefits of linked data for the Australian community.

In this document we outline PHRN’s investment plan for and progress towards the further development and enhanced use of linked data to improve the health and wellbeing of all Australians.

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